Social Conformity is a type of social influence that alters the belief or behavior of an individual in order to fit into a group. It
Category: Alternative Narrative
The Experiments of Social Conformity
In the early 1960s, Yale University psychologist Stanley Milgram began what would become one of social psychology’s most famed and chilling experiments. Milgram began his
Johan Galtung’s work
“Peace appeals to the hearts; studies to the brain. Both are needed, indeed indispensable. But equally indispensable is a valid link between brain and heart.
Johan Galtung: healing the world from war
A peaceful world can often look like an impossible dream. Especially lately. We may feel overwhelmed, helpless, and powerless when we read news about what
Understanding Intersectionality
Exploring the word, its meaning, and its impact on the world. We live in an exceptional historical moment, characterised by so much violence, conflict, and social
Johan Galtung – The Father of Peace Studies
Johan Galtung born in Oslo on October 24, 1930, is a Norwegian sociologist and mathematician. In 1959 he founded the Oslo Peace Research Institute (PRIO)
The Father of Peace Studies
In 1930, an individual born in Oslo, Norway, would go on to lead the academic field of peace and conflict studies, writing over 160 books
Intersectionality
“Intersectionality is a lens through which you can see where power comes and collides, where it interlocks and intersects”, Kimberlè Crenshaw In recent years
Reality of social media
As the use of social networks increases, they generate a virtual reality. This means of communication, in turn, generates digital identities, giving rise to a
The Cost of War, Peace and Covid
Covid-19 has seen the world change. Countries were plunged into recessions, many people found themselves losing family breadwinners and business owners were left unable to
Are we losing our critical thinking skills?
Data from Backlingo shows that globally, the average time a person spends on social media a day is 2 hours 24 minutes. 4.48 billion people
Fact checking
Starting from the assumption that “independence” is the very essence of information democracy, autonomy in judgments should be the first requirement of free information. But
What is Watchdog?
A watchdog is an autonomous, non-governmental organisation, person or group that is dedicated to holding governments, organisations and media outlets accountable and to assessing their
The quest for truthful news: fact-checking and watchdog journalism
What is fact-checking? Fact-checking is a journalistic term that indicates the work of ascertaining the events and the data used in a text or speech. This
To investigate more in-depth the importance of fat checking It is fundamental to move beyond recent narratives of “facts” and “fake news” and immediate political
The Echo Chamber
Have you ever had the experience of only recognizing relevant information that supports your way of thinking about the world while being distrustful of information
“Too Soon”… Limitless of Humor
This year has been significantly rich in episodes of violence associated with humour, and not only related to physical violence. Some people can be highly
The CHANs (part 1)
Suffocating eco-chamber The anonymous website 4chan was created in 2003 by the American internet entrepreneur Christopher Poole. The website was originally fashioned on the “mold”
The attention machine
Attention has been defined as the “notice taken of someone or something; the regarding of someone or something as interesting or important”. An object, situation
The implications of filter bubbles in social media and the impact on the society
Daily routine: We wake up in the morning, we have breakfast and we open our smartphones to receive daily news about the world surrounding us.
How “social media phenomena” influence social behavior: “pizzagate” conspiracy theory
Currently, in the IDare community, we are dealing with some phenomena which are occurring nowadays within social media and all kinds of online communication, and
Do Unto Others
America’s mood was going through a period of change during the 60s. Televisions could be found by then in a growing number of American households.
The dark web
The Internet is not just what we see, it mostly is what we do not see at all. It is estimated that while what we
Tor controversial history
Tor Project is a collaborative and open-source software that was born with the aim to create secure and anonymous connections for all the users looking